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No. 499,674. Patented June 13, 1893.

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JOSEPH H. GROSSMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MOSES L. KLAUBER, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED KITCHEN-TABLE AND lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 499,674, dated June 13, 1893.

Application filed March 2, 1398. Serial No. 464.300. '(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. GRossMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Kitchen-Table and Ironing-Board, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tables, and more especially to that class, which may be used for kitchen and laundrypurposes; and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, and novel arrangement of the various parts thereof, as willbe hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The objects of my invention are first, to provide a simple and inexpensive table for culinary and other purposes, which shall contain several compartments or drawers for the reception of various articles of food, such as pepper, salt, spices, and so forth, and other articles, such as knives, forks, and spoons; and second, such a table a portion of which may be so extended as to provide an ironingboard, upon which skirts and other garments may be placed without hinderance by the supporting leg, and when not in use may be retracted within the compass of the table, thus economizing in space.

In order to enable others skilled in the art, to which my invention pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, is a perspective view of my table, with the ironing-board extended, and illustrating the drawers as being partly withdrawn. Fig. 2, is a transverse sectional view, taken on line 2, 2, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a longitudinal view, partly in section, of a portion of the table showing the ironing-board extended. Fig. 4c, is a longitudinal sectional view of the ironing board detached from the table. Fig. 5, is across sectional View of aportion of the board and its supporting leg. Fig. 6, is a perspective view of a portion of the leg of the ironing board and its movable adjusting block, and Fig. 7, is a perspective view of the upper part of the leg of the ironing board, showing aportion of the adjusting mechanism thereof.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the different views of the drawings.

A, represents a table, which may be made of any suitable size, form and material, and as usual, is provided with a number of supporting legs ct, one of which is located at each corner.

Within the front portion of the table is lo cated a number of drawers B, B, and 13 the first of which is designed for the reception of salt, and the second for knives and forks, while the drawer B is formed with a number of compartments b, for the reception of various kinds of spices.

Just above the drawer B, and in the front part of the table is provided a longitudinal slot C, having at each of its ends recesses or depressions c, for the reception of a breadboard D, which is shown in Fig. 1, of the drawings, as having been removed from its compartment O, and as lying on top of the table. WV hen placed in its slot or compartment C, the said board is turned over, when the sides d, will fit within the recesses c, as is obvious.

On its lower surface and preferably near its rear side the table-top is provided with a guide-way E, for the reception and retention of the ironing-board F, which is preferably formed slightly tapering toward its free end, as shown in Fig. 1, and is provided on its lower surface with a longitudinal groove g, within which fits and operates the adjusting piece G, of the supporting leg G, which supporting leg is bifurcated at its upper end and has secured therein a piece H, which is provided with a screw h, to engage the adjusting piece or block G, which block is formed as shown in Fig. 6, T-shaped in cross section, and is adapted to fit within the correspondingly shaped slot 9, in the board.

As it is often desirable in ironing skirts, drawers, and pantaloons, to stretch the garment over the board without hinderance by the supporting leg, it is obvious that by the use of my board, this can be easily done, and that the leg may be placed at any desired position by sliding it backward and forward, and that it can then be securely fastened to the board simply by turning it, which operation will cause the piece within the slot of the board to be pressed against the lower portion The combination of a table, havinga guidethereof, and the upper end of the leg against way, with an ironing-board adapted to move the lower surface of the board, which so binds in said guide-way, and having on its lower surthe parts as to prevent them slipping. It is, face the groove g, the leg G ,having the piece also apparent that when the board is not in H, provided with the screw h, and the block use its leg may be folded to its under sur- G, adapted to operate in the groove 9, and to face, and the board may be slid back in the receive the screw h, substantiallyas described. guide-way E, when it will be hidden from view February 27, 1893. and out of the Way. JOSEPH H. GROSSMAN.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. TILLMAN, E. A. DUGGAN. 

